Toy furniture set



G. NIEBEL.

TOY FURNITURE SET,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1920.

Patented May 31, 1921 3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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G. NIEBEL. TOY FURNITURE SET. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1920.

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G.- NJEBEL. U TOY FURNITURE SELL" 'APPLICATJION FILED. MAR.29,.'-192 0.

Patented May 31,1921. 1

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

GO'ITFRIED NIEBEL, on NEW YORK, 1v. Y.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Go'rTrRIED NIEBEL, a citizen of Germany, and aresident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ToyFurniture Sets, of which the following is a specification;

The present invention relates'to' improve ments in toy furniture sets.

The main object of the invention is to provide a set of toy furniture,cut from one or more blocks, the elements of which are adapted to becompactly nested together, the nested component parts fitting togetherin the manner of toy building blocks.

Another object of the invention is to produce a toy furniture set of thetype mentioned, which is adapted for manufacture on a commercial scale,or in other words one which is not so diflicul't to make as to be beyondthe reasonable cost of such a toy.

With these and other objects in View, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims, without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of theinvention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of atoy furniture set constructed in accordance with the present inventionwith the elements assembled in the form of a rectangular block; Fig. 2is a perspective view showing the component elements of the furnitureset partially assembled and partially detached, indicating the relationassumed by the members when they are nested together; Figs. 3 to 5,inclusive, are perspective views showing certain elements of the setdisassembled; and Figs. 6 to 9, inclusive, are perspective views ofdifferent parts of the furniture set when the same are separated andused as furniture members.

In the case illustrated herein the entire set of furniture is cut from asingle rectangular block of wood or other material,

7 Specificationof Letters Patent.

TOY FURNITURE SET.

Patented May 31, 1921.

Application filed March 29, 1920'. Serial no. 369,600.

but it isobvious that the same may be formed of a plurality of blocks,which may-be disposed side by side in the manner of toy building blocks,when it is intended to place the same into a box or other receptacle forstoragei An ordinary jig saw may be used in cutting up the block orblocks, the entire cutting operation involving only two sets of cuts,one set running vertically and the other set horizontally.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral 10' indicates a solidrectangular block of any suitable material. This block is first divided.by two U-shaped cuts 11 into three elements, the said cuts running eachfirst parallel with the end 12 of the block toward its longitudinalcenter line, then parallel with the said'center line, and thenceparallel with the end 13 of the block toward the respectifve sidethereof. In this manner an element 14 is formed that is substantially H-shaped in.cross-section,.one of the legs of the H being cutoff at 15,whereby an oblong piece 16 is severed from the said 'H-shaped element.The other two elements of the block, denoted by the numerals 17 and 18,are quadrangular prisms.

When the oblong piece or plate member 16 is removed from the H-shapedelement 14, and the latter is put in upright position, as shown in Fig.6 of the drawings, a bedstead A is obtained, its longer leg, indicatedat 19, forming the head piece, and its shorter leg, denoted by thenumeral 20, constituting the foot piece thereof, and the connecting web21 forming the bottom of the bed.

From the prism 17 is severed by an L- shaped cut 22 a block 23, and fromthe base 17 of the said prism by a U-shaped cut 24 an oblong piece 25.U-shaped cuts 26, extending from the base 17 sever from the prism 17 twosubstantially half-round pieces 27. In this manner a bureau B is formed,as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The oblong piece 25 and thehalf-round pieces 27 are removed to give the base portion of the saidprism the appearance of legs 28 (Fig. 4).

The half-round pieces 27 form the legs of abench C, the seat portion ofwhich is constituted by the oblong piece or plate member 16, theelements being assembled in the manner shown in Fig, 9 of the drawings.

From the prism 18 is severed by an L- shaped cut 29 a block 30, and by aU-shaped cut 31, which extends from its base 32 into the prism, ahalf-round bar. This halfround bar is divided by a cut 33 in'to'twoelements, denoted by the numerals 34 and 35. A U-shaped cut 36 sevensfrom the base portion of the prism 18, after the elements 34 and 35 havebeen removed, two members 37 and 37 After the block and the elements 34,35, 37 and 37 have been removed from the prism '18, a dresser D isobtained, as shown in'Fig. 3 of the drawings. The elements 34 and areplaced on the bedstead adjacent the head and'foot pieces thereof, whilethe elements 37 and 37 are put on the top of the said head and footpieces, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

' The oblong piece 25 constitutes a cushion, it being placed on top ofthe element 34, as appears from Fig. 6 of the drawings.

The block 23 is divided by two oppositely running L-shaped cuts 38 intotwo chairs 39 and 40, said chairs beingshown in upright positions inFig. 7 of the drawings. The

bases of the L-shaped cuts run parallel with the bases of the block 23,while the legs of the said cuts are spaced, as clearly shown-in Fig. 2of the-drawings, thus dividing the block 23 into three elements, that isto say 30 the said two chairs and an oblong iece 4 1, the latter beingdisposed between t e backs 39 and 40 of the chairs. When the elements ofthe block 23 are nested together the prism 18, is divided into threeelements by two parallel U-sh'aped cuts 42 and 43. One of theseelements, denoted by the numeral 44, forms a table when in the uprightposition shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings. The

second element, denoted by the numeral 45,

constitutes the body portion of a chair,

shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, the back of which is formed by thethird one of the elements separated from 'the block 40. This thirdelement is indicated at 46 in the sevforms a rug.

From the foregoing it appears that the block 10 is cut up into a bed andits furnishings, a table and two chairs, a bench, a larger chair, abureau and a "dresser. In other words, the block is cut up into a toyfurniture set, and more particularly a bedroomset. a 1 7 The furnitureset is attractive and interesting to children in separating the elementsof the block 10 and building up the several furniture pieces. Itconstitutes, at the same time, a puzzle of the jig-saw puzzletype. Thedevice is inexpensive and comparatively easy to manufacture, as only ajig saw or band saw is needed, in combination with a support orwork-holder. 1

' What I claim is 1. A set of toy bed-room furniture, including abedstead having a head member, a foot member and a bed bottom madeintegral therewith,'said head member and said foot member being providedwith legs, said foot memberbeing shorter than said head member, aplatemember com-plemental to said foot member, and two sets of furnitureelements, each set being nested to form a quadrangular block, one ofsaid blocks snugly fitting'within said bedstead and said plate memberabove said bed bottom and the other one below said bed bdttom' betweensaid legs, the elements of the set when so nested forming a quadrangularprism.

2. A set of toy bed-room furniture, including a bedstead having legs,and two sets of furniture'elements, each set being nested to form aquadrangular block, one of said blocks snugly fitting within saidbedstead above the bed bottom and the other one be low said bed bottombetween said legs, the elements of the set when so nested forming aquadrangular prism.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this24th day of March A. D. 1920. V I GOTTFRIED NIEBEL.

